A Malabar doctor and his wife

ca. 1790

One of sixteen paintings of castes and occupations. The backgrounds are all plain with no clouds. The set appears to include drawings by two hands; one group with plain blue backgrounds, the other dull yellow; this one of a Malabar doctor and his wife; the man, in white, with a bag under his arm, the woman in a red tie-and-dye sari; against a blue background.